How to Draw a Gun

Video Transcript

"So from my strong side draw, I am going to reach back, my hand high on the back strap, I am going to activate my release lever or while I am coming up so it is all one motion. So it's here. My arm goes straight up and what I am going to do is rock the weapon forward and again for training purposes, the weapon is clear and safe. I am going to do a visual and physical check. There are no magazines, no live rounds. Okay so this weapon and holster, I come up arms straight out, rock it forward bring it in close to myself and then I go out to get in my stance and engage my target. Okay I am here. When I go to put it back, the same exact thing. You should be so comfortable with your equipment where you don't have to look down every time and oh, where's my holster. If you are right handed and you wear a strong side support or storing side hip holster, it is going to be in the same place every single time. It's memorization of gear. If you are in law enforcement and you keep your handcuffs here and your pepper spray here and gun here and at any given time, you know automatically my baton is over here at the cross draw. If I need my pepper spray, it's right in front of my handcuff. You have to know your gear. Same thing if you are a civilian. If you are going to carry a firearm on yourself and you've got three different holsters and one day I carry an ankle, one day a sport side and one day I carry it under the arm and if you need it, where is it. Are you reaching for under the arm when it is actually on your hip or to your ankle when it is under your arm. So you want to get familiar with your gear and where you use it. So that is the proper drawing technique. You know you are in your stance and you come back, break leather bring the weapon in close, punch it out and engage a target and do what you have to do. Come back and put it right back in there. Secure, it's locked, heard it click and not worried about someone coming up and grabbing it at this point. So that is the proper technique for drawing. We will get more in depth in that in a few segments later. "